Toronto 
Current Weekend – Things to do this weekend in Toronto
I. Live Music & Concerts
1. Friday Night Jazz
We invite you on a musical underwater adventure in the heart of downtown Toronto. Join us on the second Friday of every month for live music paired with cash bars located throughout the aquarium. Performer – Stacey Renee.
2. Sinfonia Toronto Concert
Will feature one of Poland’s foremost violinists Marta Magdalena Lelek. Ms. Lelek will be heard in Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik’s Violin Concerto, originally commissioned, premiered and recorded by Yehudi Menuhin. Music Director Nurhan Arman will conduct a program that includes Elgar’s Serenade and Beethoven’s Sinfonia his String Quartet No.2, arranged especially for this performance by Nurhan Arman.
1. Cirque de la Symphonie: Holiday Hits- Amazing and amusing feats will be performed alongside your favourite seasonal classical music performed by the TSO! Expect strong men, aerial silk artists, acrobats, contortionists, and so much more, in this five-star musical circus extravaganza! On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 | 8:00 PMWednesday, December 9, 2015 | 2:00 PM & 08:00 PM @ Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto | $42.50 – $107.00
1585 Yonge St., Toronto | $20 – $76
3. The Tallis Scholars
“The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music” (The New York Times) return to Koerner Hall to perform a holiday season concert. Known around the world as the leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music, The Tallis Scholars is led by founder and director Peter Phillips. “Anyone familiar with Renaissance music knows that this group has attained superstardom among its ilk.” Details
Toronto
December 12: Anirudh Ravichander Live @ Powerade Centre, Brampton
December 18: Eason Chan @ Air Canada Centre
December 23: Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Air Canada Centre
December 26 – 27: Solaris Winter Music Festival – Hardwell, Steve Angello, Oliver Heldens, Carnage, Fedde Le Grand, Borgeous, Kill The Buzz, Wiwek @ Enercare Centre
II. Theatre & Other Events
1. Performing Arts Events
Performing Arts & Theatre in December
Events this week include
WinterSong @ Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Kinky Boots @ Royal Alexandra Theatre
Avenue Q the Musical @ Lower Ossington Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor @ Papermill Theatre
Click, Bait & Switch @ The Second City Theatre
Man to Man & Licking Knives @ Theatre Passe Muraille
Wormwood @ Tarragon Theatre’s Mainspace
To Live in the Age of Melting @ Theatre Passe Muraille
domesticated @ Berkeley Street Theatre
Kim’s Convenience @ Bluma Appel Theatre
2. The Christmas Tree by Norm Foster – A tree lot. Christmas Eve. One man. One woman. One tree. Who should get it? Join us for this Canadian Christmas comedy to find out!
6. The Ripple Effect – Love. Life. Freedom Everlasting. These words are close to Sky Sutherland’s heart as she contemplates her life on Christmas day and learns how words and actions can have a profound impact on the world around us.
9. Tails from the City – Six-year-old Billie (played by eight year old Eponine Lee) is having a lousy Christmas eve–until she spies an unruly family of raccoons racing through her backyard.Scarborough | $20.00
Toronto | $37.50 – $160.00
14. Clockwork Magic – live theatrical performance featuring crazy special effects, and very talented acts such as; Acrobatics, Dancers, Illusionists, and Magicians & more!4. Toes for Dance Festival
Co-Artistic Directors David Norsworthy and Kristen Carcone of TOES FOR DANCE proudly present the TOES FOR DANCE 2015 FESTIVAL featuring Toronto’s Belinda McGuire Dance Projects with a full-length solo programme curated and performed by McGuire, and New York City’s all-male MADBOOTS DANCE with a work for the company’s quartet of dancers. Details
III. Sports & Related Events
1. Toronto Marlies
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 @ Air Canada Centre
2. Boxing
Main event: Samuel Vargas vs Robson Assis will be fighting for the WBA-NABA welterweight title
Co-main event: Brandon Brewer vs Junmar Emon will be fighting for the vacant WBA-NABA Canada super welterweight title
Friday, December 11, 2015 | 07:00 PM
3. Raptors 905
4. Toronto Raptors
IV. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
“The Love Invasion – a Story about a Robot that Made Toronto a Better Place – The Magic of Discursive Design” By Matthew Del Degan on Monday, December 7, 6:30 PM – 09:30 PM @ Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen st.W., Toronto
1. Christmas / Holiday Events
1. Magical Winterland Nights
Explore the Magic of Casa Loma.. at night!
2. The Magical Toyland
This December join us to celebrate and take part in the holiday magic at Casa Loma! We are excited to host a wide range of activities and exciting performances that are sure to be fun for the whole family.
3. Bronte Creek Victorian Christmas Festival
ake a step back in time to the year 1900 to visit a Victorian Homestead during the Christmas season. Spruce Lane Farm at Bronte Creek Provincial Park will be trimmed and decorated in all its seasonal splendour.
4. Holiday Bricktacular
Little elves can experience themed decor, building challenges, scavenger hunts and much more! Jump inside the World’s Most Festive Box of LEGO® Bricks! Details
$17.60 online & $22.00 at the Gate.
5. Christmas Flower Show at Toronto Conservatories
Grand opening events include carolling, carriage rides, children’s activities & more!
Grand Opening: December 13, 2015 | 12:00 PM – 07:00 PM @ Centennial Park Conservatory | Free
6. Magical Christmas Forest
Experience the magic of Christmas at Kortright this December. The forest comes to life with lights, friendly elves and your favorite Christmas characters.
7. Candlelight Christmas
Decorated for the season, the Museum’s historic buildings come to life with the traditions of Christmas past. Enjoy a visit with Father Christmas and go on a horse-drawn wagon ride. Taste traditional hot cider and baking.
8. Christmas by Lamplight & Christmas Dinner
Bathed in the glow of lamplight and dressed in its finest holiday decor, Black Creek comes alive with live music, food and activities. Program only or with dinner options available.
9. Home for the Holidays
Christmas/ Holiday events at Museums of Mississauga.
10. Holiday Events at Toronto Historic Sites
Whether you are looking for unique gifts, get-togethers with friends, family adventures over the holidays or an evening out, you’ll find all these and more at the City of Toronto’s Historic Sites.
11. Christmas at Black Creek
Come see the Village in it’s finest holiday attire and celebrate Christmas with old and new traditions! Each weekend, enjoy special Christmas programs.
12. Gallery of Festive Trees
November 21 to December 30, 2015
13. 12 Trees of Christmas
2. Christmas Markets
Christmas Markets & Holiday Craft Fairs in Toronto & GTA
1. Toronto Christmas Market: Guests will immerse themselves in 28 days of European delicacies and Canadian homemade foods, a romantic atmosphere, stunning light canopies, unique shopping experiences, traditional music and dance performances, and activities for the whole family to enjoy.
2. Holiday Music & Crafts & Art Festival: Details
3. Toronto Potters Winter Show and Sale
4. Dufferin Grove Community Craft Fair: Join us for this annual celebration of community and handcrafted works by the friends and neighbours of Toronto’s special Dufferin Grove Park!
Sunday, December 13, 2015 | 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM @ Grove Park Rinkhouse, 875 Dufferin Street
5. Union Station Holiday Market: Toronto Market Co.’s 2015 Union Station Holiday Market showcases unique merchandise from approximately 30 specialty retail vendors, artisans, designers, food merchants and cultural institutions.
6. City of Craft Winter Show: A celebration of all things handmade in Toronto (and beyond).
7. Christmas Gift & Craft Show in Newmarket: Shop for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers, while supporting local vendors and crafters! We will have everything from handcrafted jewelry to knitted caps & scarves, handbags, sweets, bath & beauty products, home décor, stained glass items, clothes and much, much more!!! Details
8.The Artisans’ Gift Fair: Every year during the holiday season, The Artisans’ Gift Fair hosts a fine collection of affordable one-of-a-kind gift products.
3. Kelly Lycan: Little Glow
Like a relay race, the subject matter of Little Glow has passed through, and along, multiple vectors. The source: burlap walls, vases, and drapes – anachronistic display apparatuses of 291, the iconic New York gallery run by Alfred Stieglitz from 1905 – 1917. The aftereffect: a two-part installation that offers a simulation of the historic gallery via a system of perpetual reproduction. Details
4. Toronto Tours & Walks
Explore Toronto through speciality guided tours & Scavenger Hunts!
1. Tasty Tours: Tasty Tours offers a variety of Sweets Tours along Toronto’s eclectic multicultural neighbourhoods.
2. Murder at the ROM: A murder mystery scavenger hunt! A curator has been murdered and you must follow the clues through the museum collections to solve whodunit.
3. The Mummy’s Curse : A murder mystery scavenger hunt! Did the mummy’s curse strike the museum? Solve the clues to uncover the truth.
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